1988: Back to the human world for a few years

Chapter 315: Those who are close but distant are not because of their incompatible goals, but because of their inner conflicts.

As we all know, Lao Wang is always a decisive person.

Therefore, after the middle and high-level meeting, he waved his hand and temporarily stopped a series of important meetings including the production mobilization meeting, and headed straight to Dongying the next day.

This is consistent with everyone's existing impression of this old leader.

After all, in the past, whenever there was any major event, this old leader would always be the first to rush to the front line.

And since he dared to rush to Dongying alone on the second day after resuming work, it was obvious that Mr. Wang was very confident about grabbing the quota.

Steady!

I originally thought that there was only about 70% to 80% chance of success.

Now it seems that there is at least a 90% chance of this happening!
After respectfully seeing their old leader off to the car, a group of vice presidents and department heads breathed a sigh of relief... If things go as expected, they should be able to sleep well for a few days.

Yang Mo looked at He Yongyi, who still held the title of Chief of the Finance Department, with some pity.

It is obvious that Mr. Wang intends to defeat the opponent with force.

When this pioneer returns with a great victory, He Yongyi will probably lose his position as the chief financial officer.

Do not,
Not only will He Yongyi's position as chief financial officer be lost, the list of heads of some other key departments may also have to change. Even Feng Yuan, the new executive vice president who is also in charge of the organization department and has gained great power, may gradually be reduced to a donkey dung egg with only a glamorous appearance.

Tsk tsk~
Is this the innate BUFF of the mountain monster?
How terrifying!

After expressing his deep emotion, Yang Mo glanced at Director Zhang, who had been keeping a low profile and not saying a word since he came back, with a strange look in his eyes.

If my guess is correct, after Mr. Wang returns from Dongying, the position of this top hero and chief confidant in Mr. Wang's mind will probably jump up dramatically.

Although it is hard to say what specific position he will be promoted to, it is certain that his power will increase greatly.

Just hope...

By then, I hope this guy won’t be too carried away by victory and won’t jump on my face and make me uncomfortable!
………………

noon.

Bai Mengmeng walked into the general office carrying a high-end stainless steel thermos bucket.

"Uncle Zhang, why didn't you go to the cafeteria to eat?"

After knocking on the door of the director's office, the girl put the thermos on the coffee table, blew on her hands, and her tone was full of resentment.

It is not easy for her to be a little apprentice. Not only does she have a lot of work to do on weekdays, but she also has to deliver meals to her master who is lazy to the core. Now she even has to worry about her uncle Zhang's lunch... She feels that if she continues to be so busy, she can definitely be selected as one of the top ten nannies in the company.

Zhang Wenshun looked up from a pile of documents and smiled at his niece: "Thank you for your hard work, Qianya. I was so busy that I forgot... Come to my house tonight and I will cook some bracken cakes and bacon for you!"

Bai Mengmeng pouted: "You just want to steal my master's bacon... Why don't you bring some bacon and sausage back for the New Year?"

Hearing the dissatisfaction in his niece's tone, Zhang Wenshun chuckled twice: "I've been busy during the Chinese New Year, so how can I have the time to collect bacon? You know that this grade of old bacon is not easy to collect."

As he spoke, he opened the thermos and rubbed his hands towards the greasy twice-cooked pork inside. "Besides, this place is not like the rural areas in Guizhou. In my building, the bacon won't last long after the spring... I called your master several times but he refused to come. If we don't finish the box of bacon, it will be a waste."

Bacon needs to be hung and stored in a ventilated and cool place. The building he lives in does not have any of these conditions. In winter, it might be frozen on the balcony outside, but after the spring comes, it will go bad in less than a month when exposed to the sun.

Moreover, bacon is a very strange thing. If it is not ventilated, even if you put it in the freezer of the refrigerator, it will still get moldy within three months...The worst thing is that this is not the green mold commonly seen on old bacon, but Aspergillus flavus. Therefore, if there are no suitable storage conditions, the best option is to eat it early.

Bai Mengmeng's face suddenly darkened when he heard this. He took out the stir-fried dishes from the thermos bucket and broke open the wooden chopsticks and handed them over: "Uncle Zhang, now that Old Wang is back, can't you sit down with my master and admit your mistakes, and then make peace with him? My old man scolded me on New Year's Day after he found out that my master had only eaten bacon twice!"

Zhang Wenshun naturally knew that the last sentence was made up by Bai Mengmeng, and he also knew that his little niece had been worried about him and Yang Mo.

It's just...

After sighing slightly, Zhang Wenshun touched the white head and said, "Qian Ya, you are the disciple who has performed the apprenticeship ceremony with your master... Don't worry, no matter what happens between your master and I, it will not affect you. I know Yang Mo quite well. Even if he and I become mortal enemies, he will still teach you what he should teach you and protect you when he should."

Become mortal enemies?

Bai Mengmeng was startled, and immediately pouted, shaking her uncle's arm and acting like a spoiled child: "Uncle Zhang, you and my master used to have such a good relationship, what's the point of being mortal enemies, bah!... My master is young and hot-tempered, and he can't let go of his dignity. You are a prime minister, so just bear with it and have a drink to admit your mistake to him!"

Zhang Wenshun was shaken by his niece until his bones were about to break. He raised his hands as if begging for mercy, but what he said disappointed Bai Mengmeng: "Qian Ya, it's not that I can't save face, nor that I don't want to have a wine party with your master to apologize, but..."

After a heavy sigh, Zhang Wenshun said with a bleak tone: "But, this apology cannot be made... If Mr. Wang had not returned, I would have immediately prepared a banquet without hesitation, even if I had to drink ten cups as punishment, to make this apology. But now Mr. Wang has returned... If I apologize to him and the relationship between the two sides returns to the past, I will be harming your master!"

!!!

Bai Mengmeng was incredulous: "Will he harm my master? How is that possible!?"

Even a fool could see that after Mr. Wang returned, he would promote his Uncle Zhang, the chief contributor, even if everyone opposed it.

In her opinion, Old Wang has returned, and Uncle Zhang will soon be reused. Old Wang's authority plus Zhang Wenshun's smoothness, plus Yang Mo's ability, that is a perfect golden triangle, a team combination that countless people dream of... How could they harm their own master?
But she believed in her Uncle Zhang very much. Since Uncle Zhang said so, he must have his reasons.

Could it be that……

Will my Uncle Zhang and Master never be able to go back to the way they were before?

but……

why?
Zhang Wenshun saw his niece's pale face full of confusion and fear, and sighed bleakly: "Qian Ya, as things have developed to this day, many things have exceeded our previous expectations; your master may not fulfill his promise to help your father, and you must be ready to return to Tongren at any time... So, there are some truths that I should explain to you."

Explain the truth instead of telling me some inside information?

Bai Mengmeng keenly sensed something was wrong and his face turned even paler.

At this point, Zhang Wenshun lost his appetite. He put down his chopsticks, stood up, closed the office door, and took out a big Chongjiu from the table and lit it. "Actually, as early as the end of last year, when the layout was basically completed, Mr. Wang issued an instruction to let me reconcile with Yang Mo and try to win your master over... Although Mr. Wang was far away in southern Yunnan before, he has always paid close attention to the company's affairs. Although he still adheres to the view of [main business to establish oneself], he is not blind to the value of your master."

Old Wang always asks Uncle Zhang to get Master to go over?

Then why...?
Bai Mengmeng was completely confused.

Zhang Wenshun glanced at her and smiled bitterly, "In fact, I hesitated for a long time, but in the end, I decided not to drag your master into the matter... So I received several invitations, but I never apologized to your master... Because this matter was conducted in private, outsiders had no way of knowing what we said that day, so Mr. Wang was deceived by me and just thought that your master was young and hot-tempered and refused to accept my reconciliation."

!!!

Bai Mengmeng's mouth opened wide. No wonder my uncle Zhang sternly warned me not to reveal this to anyone. So this is what happened!
"But...why?"

Bai Mengmeng felt that the world was so complicated, so complicated that she couldn’t understand it at all.

Zhang Wenshun smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Because this game is bigger than you think, and although your master is much more mature than his peers, based on my understanding of him, he is not suitable for this game;"

"You can simply assume that if it is limited to the scope of Drilling Company 1, with your master's ability, he can handle it easily... Even if the administrative scope of Linyi County is added, he can handle it with ease."

"But if we expand the scope and raise the level, your master's ability may not be a problem, but his character and work style have fatal flaws... In short, once he enters the game that Mr. Wang is involved in, a green hand like your master will most likely die without a burial place."

After a heavy sigh, Zhang Wenshun's face showed an indescribable bleakness. "Strictly speaking, your master has played an indispensable role in my success in getting to this point. I also like his seemingly slick but actually loyal character. I even really treat him as my own son or nephew... It is precisely because of this that I don't want to harm Kecheng."

"As for my relationship with him... Well, I'm afraid I can only wait until I retire, then I can have a drink with him and chat heart to heart!"

Looking at Zhang Wenshun who looked so dejected, Bai Mengmeng felt confused and his mind was in a mess: "Uncle Zhang... I don't understand!"

Zhang Wenshun smiled and said, "Don't you understand?" "Oh, you are still young, it's better if you don't understand... But who told you to be Mr. Bai's daughter? There are some truths that you should not understand, but you must understand them."

At this point, Zhang Wenshun looked out the window at the still gloomy and depressing sky. "Qian Ya, you know, although state-owned enterprises and the administrative system are two different lines, they often intersect with each other... Whether a state-owned enterprise is powerful or not depends on the importance of the industry it is in, and its own level. But more importantly, it depends on the number of cadres sent out from the administrative system through the exchanges in this unit, and what level these cadres can advance to... As the daughter of Lao Bai, this should not be difficult to understand, right?"

Bai Mengmeng nodded with emotion, indicating that he understood.

Zhang Wenshun saw her nod, and didn't care whether his niece really understood it or not, and continued: "In central enterprises, the department level is regarded as the most important hurdle, because once you are promoted to the department level, you will inevitably be in front of this intersection."

"Although your master is a section-level cadre, he is no longer a section-level cadre in the ordinary sense after Momo Baitou received an investment of 7 million yuan... And after Dongying took out billion yuan to form a joint venture with the drilling company, your master, the actual operator, can no longer be regarded as an ordinary section-level cadre... The reasoning in between is not difficult to understand, right?"

Bai Mengmeng nodded vigorously again.

Although they are all state-owned enterprises in a broad sense, there are differences between state-owned enterprises.

In many provincial and even local state-owned enterprises, there are a large number of cadres with the titles of section chiefs and department heads, but they are self-appointed and are at most useful in the state-owned enterprise system. These people’s names are not on the list of the court editorial committee... In other words, when it comes to connecting with the administrative system, people can completely deny their recognition.

But it is different for central enterprises like drilling companies. Starting from the department level, every cadre is registered in the court's editorial committee. Not only do they enjoy the court's formal subsidies and benefits, but when connecting with the administrative system, the other party must also recognize your level and then receive you according to the principle of equality.

In fact, this is a very important reason why Su Yu's family is trying hard to send this young second-generation kid to the drilling company.

You have to know that this kind of nationally recognized title is far more valuable than people who don't know the inside story think... Think about it, in a small county like Linyi, a cadre who holds the title of Director of the Agriculture Bureau is actually often just at the section level. In some smaller places, it's even only at the deputy section level. You can imagine the value of this thing.

As Zhang Wenshun said before, the value of different job titles varies greatly, and the value of different departments also varies greatly.

If you are just the head of Xintai Company, even if you are promoted to a section-level cadre, it would not be a big deal in the eyes of others. But if you are the head of a department like Mo Mo Bai Tou, with hundreds of millions of funds in your hands and thousands of employees' jobs in your hands, let alone the company, even if you go out to connect with the local administrative system, people will definitely treat you seriously as a deputy section-level or even section-level cadre with real power.

Moreover, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Yang Mo was only still a section-level cadre because of his age and the fact that he had just received two promotions. Four years later, as long as he did not commit suicide, his promotion to a deputy division-level cadre was a foregone conclusion, even if he was not promoted on the spot.

With both real power and a promising future, which fool would really regard him as a section-level cadre?
However, it was precisely because of this, combined with what Zhang Wenshun had previously emphasized about the special characteristics of department-level cadres, that Bai Mengmeng vaguely realized where the problem lay.

As expected, after Zhang Wenshun pointed out some things in a veiled way, he sighed slightly: "In the past ten years, your Uncle Zhang has experienced many ups and downs and a lot of things. Although my understanding of certain circles is not as deep as Wang Yinuo's, it is not that I have no understanding at all;"

"In my opinion, once you start to get involved in a higher level circle, ability is still important, but unless you are really extremely capable, it is just a basic stepping stone... In that kind of circle, what really matters is your character and other means."

At this point, Zhang Wenshun paused for a moment and said, "Over the years, from my experience, if you want to get along well in that circle, you must at least have the following qualities:"

“1. Know how to show weakness, but never make a fool of yourself… Because if you keep showing off your strength, you will eventually be discovered by others. Only by knowing how to show weakness can you find the right balance and achieve long-term development.”

"Although your master occasionally shows weakness, it is only in areas that he does not value. Once it comes to areas that he values ​​and his job, he will become extremely strong... Although from the results of last year, what he did seemed to be premeditated in the eyes of others, I know your master quite well, and I can naturally see that he is arrogant in some things... If he continues to behave like this when he enters a new circle, it will be very dangerous."

Bai Mengmeng was stunned. Did Master try to show off last year?
It seems... not?

Zhang Wenshun just smiled and didn't explain. He continued, "2. No matter how good your ability is, you must be watertight in the ways of the world. You don't need to be a master, but you must at least be able to judge people and serve them well... Know what kind of people to treat with what attitude, and then use this as a necessary means of communication to gradually achieve your goals. You can get along with everyone from the leaders to the subordinates, and use them all for your own benefit."

"In this regard, your master did a very good job when he was still a junior clerk... At least he showed great potential, which is an important reason why I looked at him differently in the first place;"

"But later, as your master rose rapidly, he became perfunctory in this regard."

"In fact, I know that he is arrogant in his bones and is unwilling to humble himself to do things that he thinks are flattering... In fact, with his ability, he really doesn't need to humble himself in the current drilling company;"

"But after entering another circle, the situation is different. If he still can't let go of his face, the situation will be very bad... I used to think that he would compromise and make adjustments when necessary, but judging from his attitude towards Mu Siyuan... I guess it's unlikely."

Bai Mengmeng frowned. Uncle Zhang was not jumping to conclusion when he said this.

She had also felt deeply the arrogance in her master's bones over the past few months. Although he always used the excuse of "I don't want to be involved in too many karmas", Mu Siyuan was not only the father of Miss Mu, but also her master's future father-in-law, and a powerful leader at the deputy department level. Her master's somewhat distant and domineering attitude towards Mu Siyuan could obviously not be explained by a simple phrase of "I don't want to be involved in karmas".

Zhang Wenshun glanced at his niece who was thinking about everything, and shook off the ashes of his cigarette: "3. If you want to gain a foothold in that circle, you must learn to play dumb cleverly... Always act ignorant and naive in words and actions, and look simple and harmless, but in fact you know everything, you just pretend not to know;"

"To be frank, I, your Uncle Zhang, have also mastered this skill, but your master..."

"Since the ability he relies on is in business, which most people are not good at, rather than in the allocation of personal connections and resources, it is unlikely that he would deliberately pretend to be stupid...but this is where the bad thing happens."

"Since most people in that circle lack even the most basic knowledge of business, once your master really gets involved in that circle, in order to avoid problems, he will definitely show his strength and even explain the various causes and effects behind every action to others in detail;"

"Although it is necessary, it is very annoying... No superior would like a strong subordinate who looks like he has edges and corners everywhere... In that circle, the power of an individual is weak after all. Unless you are really capable of defying the heavens, once they dislike you, the consequences can be imagined."

The hairs on Bai Mengmeng's back stood up. This was an almost unsolvable knot. Having lived in the Tongren compound for more than ten years, she naturally knew what it meant to be disliked by her superiors.

Zhang Wenshun saw his niece's face turn ugly, but he smiled bitterly and shook his head: "If it's just like that, it's not a serious problem. Your master is different from ordinary people. With last year's dazzling series of achievements, even if he is more aggressive, if there is Mr. Wang to help him deal with it, others will not care too much... After all, the objective reality in China is there. For talents like your master who are urgently needed by all parties and have proved their abilities through their achievements, everyone will be more tolerant."

"It's just that... your master's personality traits in other aspects are really terrible."

Isn’t this the worst thing?
Bai Mengmeng looked at his Uncle Zhang in amazement, doubting whether they were living in the same world.

Zhang Wenshun looked at her helplessly and shook his head: "You know, in my opinion, the fourth quality necessary to mix in that circle is that before your own position and energy have reached the top, you must always remain sober as a bystander;"

"Entering the game means exiting the game, looking down means winning... The standards here are far beyond the scope of simply standing on one side."

"And your master is a negative example in this regard!"

"He only does what he thinks he should do, and even takes the initiative to join the game first and even start the game for some persistence!"

"Remember when Vice President Feng wanted to recruit him for his own use? If he was a smart person, when Vice President Feng slightly waved the stick to show his attitude and standards, he should have stepped down obediently... After all, Vice President Feng recruited him in order to compete with Wang Yinuo, and his rank is much higher than his. Even if he admitted his mistake, he would not be affected by too many consequences."

"But your master, when I was not qualified to raise the flag, he did not side with Wang Yinuo, but went against Vice President Feng, and fought back and forth for several rounds, but in the end he won without winning... Regarding this matter, I want to thank your master for his loyalty to me, but it also exposed his inappropriateness in this regard."

At this point, Zhang Wenshun sighed heavily: "I can almost predict that if your master gets involved in the affairs of that circle, he will act like a wild horse that refuses to obey discipline, willfully acting according to his own preferences... No, it can't be called acting willfully, it should be said that he will do what he thinks he should do according to his own insistence in his heart;"

"However, once you enter that circle, many things will be beyond your control. Therefore, there will definitely be things that go against the beliefs that your master holds, but you have to do them for the sake of other things... If your master fights back like he did before, he will really die without a burial place!"

After shaking his head helplessly, Zhang Wenshun smiled bitterly and said, "In fact, your master has many qualities that make him suitable for that circle;"

"For example, he did a great job in not speaking when in pain, not laughing, not panicking, and not getting lost... and this is an excellent quality that is necessary to be in that circle;"

"Besides that, your master has a more thorough understanding of the dark side of human nature, not to mention people of the same age. Even old men in their forties or fifties can hardly see it more clearly than you... Although this may seem too pessimistic to ordinary people, it is a basic quality required in that circle. "

"There are others, such as [sweet talk but soft body, tough tactics], your master actually did a very good job... Judging from his performance in the past two months in charge of Momo Baitou, his tactics are even tougher than Vice President Feng's. But as I said before, with the current situation of the drilling company, no one is qualified to ask him to be sweet talk but soft body."

Zhang Wenshun seemed to be speaking excitedly. He did not hide his admiration for Yang Mo at all. "In addition to the above-mentioned advantages, your master's most rare thing is that he understands the principle of [using open strategies to establish oneself and using secret strategies to protect oneself]. This can be seen from the huge tertiary industry projects he has carried out, as well as the equity structure he secretly designed... I don't know if this kid was a thousand-year-old monster in his previous life. At such a young age, he actually knows such things. Young people of his age can't even tell the difference between open strategies and secret strategies!"

"Besides that, your master is particularly good at [being good at communication, sensible, and always able to express his opinions on controversial issues, but also able to open up new battlefields, solve problems through indirect means, and expose the ugly side of others]... This is also the point that I valued most about him at the beginning, and the facts have proved that your master is far more brilliant than anyone else in this regard!"

After summarizing Yang Mo's strengths for nearly half an hour, Zhang Wenshun suddenly sighed again: "But the problem is, no matter how many advantages your master has, when it comes to the things he insists on, he is like a wild horse and refuses to obey discipline. This is enough to make him doomed... But I know very well that once you get involved in that circle, this kind of thing is unavoidable."

Zhang Wenshun leaned his fat body against the sofa in a somewhat desolate manner, staring at the already cold food in a daze: "In the beginning, I was the one who discovered your master. Although he did not become my actual favorite subordinate due to the appearance of the eldest daughter of the Mu family, I still treated him as my own son or nephew... I don't want him to die without a burial place, so the only way is to not let him join the game!"

Bai Mengmeng was stunned, she didn't expect that her Uncle Zhang never reconciled with her master, and the reason for that was to protect her master!

Although she didn't know which level of circle Uncle Zhang and Old Wang were involved in, or what specific things they were planning, her Uncle Zhang would rather deceive Old Wang, whom he admired the most, than drag her own master into the water, which shows how dangerous it was.

The world of men...

It’s really hard to understand!
A young girl, only 20 years old, looked at her uncle foolishly and felt that the world was becoming more and more unfamiliar...

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